Line holder



Jan. 5, 1954 K. E. SCHNEIDER ET AL 2,664,636

LINE HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 26, 1952 FIG. 2.

FIG. I.

FIG. 3.

Jan. 5, 1954 K. E. SCHNEIDER. ET AL 2,664,636

LINE HOLD:

.2 Shegts-Sheet 2 Filed May 26. 1952 INVENTORS ATTORNEY KENNETH E. SCHNEIDER By GERALD W. SCHNEIDER FIG. 4.

Patented Jan. 5, 1954 LINE HOLDER Kenneth E. Schneider and Gerald W. Schneider, Borger, Tex.

Application May 26, 1952, Serial No. 289,988

4 Claims. (01. 33-85) This invention relates to a line holder and more particularly to a holder for a cord or line such as is employed by masons and others engaged in construction where the work must be arranged in a straight line.

In the construction of buildings and the like it is the present practice of a, mason to first construct at opposite ends of a foundation or other wall a corner lead comprising several courses of brick or like building units, and then to stretch a cord between said corner leads to act as a guide with which the intervening bricks or building units are aligned as they are laid. Such methods of construction require that the corner leads be carefully built so that they are plumb and level as well as in proper alignment as otherwise the completed wall will prove faulty.

The primary object of this invention is to support a line or cord in proper position with relation to a wall to be constructed so that the bricks or building units may be laid in proper alignment throughout the entire length of the wall including the corners thereof.

Another object is to support a line or cord at the proper level in surrounding relation to the structure being built.

A further object is to so support the line or cord that it defines the perimeter of the structure under construction.

Still another object is to hold a line or cord in such a position along all walls of the structure that it will define the inner faces of the walls.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features a vertical standard positioned adjacent each corner of a building structure, a carriage mounted on each standard for vertical movement thereon, means carried by each carriage for engaging its respective standard and holding said carriage in a selected position thereon, arms carried by the carriages and projecting toward the building structure, means carried by the arms for holding a guide line or cord in building structure perimeter defining position, and stops carried by the arms for engaging adjacent walls of the building structure and accurately positioning the guide line in place.

Other features include a guide line supporting yoke carried by the arms remote from the sleeve and extending inwardly between said arms and said yoke having slots therein for receiving and supporting a guide line or cord.

Still other features include an elongated circular cylindrical standard having a longitudinal anchoring fin extending radially therefrom and a longitudinally extending groove opening through the outer side of said standard diametrically opposite the fin, a sleeve mounted on the standard for movement vertically thereon, and a pointed thumb screw extending through and threadedly engaging the sleeve for entering the groove and engaging the standard thereby holding the sleeve against rotation and in a selected vertical position on the standard.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a partially constructed building showing one form of line holder of this invention in use,

Figure 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the line holder illustrated in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side view of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a modified form of line holder,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the modified form of the invention, and

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail a building structure designated generally l0 includes a foundation wall l2 adjacent the corners of which are supported vertically disposed standards [4 which as illustrated in Figures 1 through 3 may be angle irons so disposed that the junctions of their flanges are disposed adjacent the corner of the foundation wall. The important condition to be met being that the standards extend vertically true and plumb.

Mounted for vertical sliding movement on each standard I4 is a carriage designated generally l6 which comprises a pair of convergent side members l8 which lie adjacent and parallel with the flanges of the standard [4. A web 26 is. carried by and extends between the divergent ends of the side members [8 and carried by the web 20 midway between opposite ends thereof is a boss 22 having an internally screw threaded opening 24 extending therethrough which aligns axially with the junction of the side members It. A thumb screw 26 extends through and threadedly engages the threads of the opening 24 for clamping engagement with the walls of the crotch formed at the junction of the flanges of the standard M to hold the carriage I6 at a selected height on the standard I4.

Carried by and extending outwardly from the carriage l6 in axial alignment with the thumb 28 and are provided at their ends remote from the support 28 with convergent line supporting fingers 32 which lie along axes which lie at 90 from the axes of the arms. The ends of the fingers 32 remote from the arms 30 lie parallel with the axes of the arms 30 and are grooved as at 34 to accommodate a guide line 36 which marks the line to which are laid building units, employed to construct a wall W on the foundation 12. The faces 38 cf the fingers 32 having the grooves 34 therein lie exactly perpendicular to one another so that when the carriage is being vertically positioned on the standard 14 portions of the faces 38 may engage a course of building units already laid in the Weill W *to insure accuracy in locating the guide line 36.

The outer sides of the fingers 3'2 :andthmouter ends of the arms lie in planes which lie perpendicular to the faces 38 so that when the device is employed to guide the construction of the inner side of the wall W :suggest'ed the dotted lines Figure :1 the guide .Iine :36 will ibe held in proper position :between werti'cally :spaced guide ipins 3.0 which nrojfectiperpendicularlyfrom 't'h'ersideszof the singers 532.. Thus the ifa'cesiafi .aznd pins iii provide steps which :serve sto avoid the pinching of 111118 .iguide dine between :the fingers 132 and awai-ITW.

In the modified form of the mvention illustrated in Figures 4 through 6zinclnsiue as'tandard designated generally 151i supported adjacent each corner oi .a building structure 21:0 matting foundation .l;2. :Each .such standard :50 comprises an elmigated nircular cylindrical icolumn 52 .carryingan outwardly extending radial fin :54 which extends throughout the entire slength of the column 52 :and :serves :as a support :to which column sup porting .hrace zhars =.(nnt shown) :are adapted to be detachahlyaconnected. Each :column 52 .isiproyidediniits outer side diametrically Dppesite the 215m 54 *with i8, longitudinally extending transversely "M shaped :groove :56.

.Mounted :for vertical rmovement on each :column 52 is a carriage sdesignatedrzgenerallyailinom- ,prising aring :shaped body 265! thawing .a ilongitndinal slot 62 extending atherethrough .ior :accommodating :the fin 54.. Formed in the Ebody 16,0 edizam'etrically :opposite the .zs'lot :62 .113 man internally screw threaded opening :65 :which aligns with the groove n5 "in the column .52. :A thumb :screwfili extends through and threadedly engages the threads of the opening ifidandjs provided with'a :point :68 which enters the groove 55 ;to :engage 'the walls thereof and hold :the carriage ;58 :ata selected :height on the column i2 and the scar- 'Ii'age against :rotation about the column.

Carried by and extending nutwardly :from the carriage 58 adjacent the lower end thereof and .equi-distant from opposite sides f the :axis of the opening 6A are'spaced parallel arms 'mccarryingiat'their ends remote from-thecarriageEBB inwardly extending :return bands 12 carrying .inwardly extending gparallel'members M :which :are connected :at their ends remote from the return bends E2 bya bightaportion 16. Asillustratedin Figure :6 the arms 111, return :bends 12,, parallel members "Hi and :bight gportion Ttfiame of appreciable depthand themarallel members :1 i l-and bight portion form a iyoke "which extends between the arms :10 intermediate uthexends athereof. iExtending through .the parallel members PM between the return .bBndS :12 andthabightmortion itrareirelaitively .deep slots :18 which .openthroughthe :upper edges of :the parallel members for the :reception wall W under construction to guide the placement of building units in said wall. Carried by and extending outwardly from the return bends along axes which lie at 45 from the axis of the Opening 64 are vertically spaced divergent stop pins 82 which bear against adjacent inner faces of a wall W to support the guide line 80' in proper position and avoid pinching the line. Similar werticallyispaced stop pins 284 are carried by the "return bends 12 which converge along axes which .lie perpendicular to the axes of the stop pins 82 and these stop pins 84 are adapted to engage adjacent outer faces of the wal1W as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure 4.

use 'a standard I4 is mounted in a vertical position adjacent each corner of a building with its apex rdisposed toward an adjacent corner of the building and its side flanges in spaced parallel relation to adjacent sides of the building. With a carriage 16 mounted on each standard [4, the dines 736 are entered into the grooves 34 and knotted :as .shoum :and will zlie adjacent the side iii the building to :define the :line to which the "units are "to ;be laid. as the courses 10f building units are placed in position in the wall, the carriages :liB anoveed mpwardly .on the standards and held in proper position thereon to ilay'the nextzcourse. Because the faces :38 m the fingers 32 the :exactly :at 99 to :one another :it "is obvious that when the Iline holder is used :to define the outer perimeter of the building :theiaces :38 iengaging adjacent sides of a building unit will serve :as gauges for establishing the proper location 3)]? the standards with relation to the :wall. 'fWzhen employing zthetdevice todefinethe inner :perimeter :of ;a building structure, :the

4:4 and the carriages 1| 6 are :placed'as il- :ltlfitl'fitfifl :in dotted linesinF-igure '1 a-n.d the lines .znte bent around :the outer .ends of .the :fingers .32 nsshown indotted linesinfigure tz'tolie between the guide pins :43 which like the :faces 38 dorm stops for :engaging the inner faces of previously laid courses of building units .and locating the carriages It.

.In employing the modified form .of :the invention of Figures 4 through 6 inclusive, the stand- .ands 5B ;are supported wertically in spaced reiation to the cornersof the building with the fin 54 serving as a means to whichsupportingsbraces =.;ar.e attached. The carriages '58 are adjusted to selected positions on the standards and held in place by engaging the :points :68 0f the .thumb :screws "with the walls of "the groove .56. This :not only holds the carriages 5.8 in selected po- ..sitions of (elevation but also locates :the carriages in :exact radial position on their respective :standards. With a carriage 548 :thus ,properly supported on its .a espective standard .a :line .or card :89 looped about the bi ght portion 16 and-:opposite ends .of the looped line are passed through the slots '15 and around the return wbends L2 between the .-stop;pins 3.4 which :when

:thedevice used-to define the outer perimeter 0f the building engage zthe outer surfaces 20f adjacent walls -.of the building to aid in locating ether-line guide. When the device is used to define the inner perimeter of the ;'building the line & is continued around the return bends J2 and extended between the ,stop pins 82 which .are adapted to engage the -inner adjacent ,face of the wall to aid in locating the guide line :holder.

While in the ioregoing :therehas been shown anddescrihed the {preferred embodiment .of this (invention it is to be understood .that .minor ofiaeguider'line a8fl (1?ig-. 4) wlhichdies adjacentithe 1 changes the details -of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a line or cord holder a standard adapted to be supported in a vertical position adjacent a corner of a building, a carriage mounted on said standard to move vertically thereon, means carried by the carriage for engaging the standard and holding said carriage at a, selected height on said standard, spaced parallel elongated arms carried by the sleeve, a yoke carried by the arms adjacent the ends thereof remote from the sleeve, said yoke extending between the arms toward the sleeve and having guide line receiving slots extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof.

2. In a line or cord holder a standard adapted to be supported in a vertical position adjacent a corner of a building, a carriage mounted on said standard to move vertically thereon, means carried by the carriage for engaging the 'standard and holding said carriage at a jselected height on said standard, spaced parallel elongated arms carried by the sleeve, a yoke carried by the arms adjacent the ends thereof remote from the sleeve, said yoke extending between the arms toward the sleeve and having guide line receiving slots extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof, and vertically spaced outwardly extending stops carried by the arms adjacent their junctions with the yoke between which extends a guide line entered into the slots in the yoke.

3. In a. line or cord holder a standard adapted to be supported in a, vertical position adjacent a corner of a building, a carriage mounted on said standard to move vertically thereon, means carried by the carriage for engaging the standard and holding said carriage at a selected height on said standard, spaced parallel elongated arms carried by the sleeve, a yoke carried by the arms adjacent the ends thereof remote from the sleeve, said yoke extending between the arms toward the sleeve and having guide line receiving slots extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof, vertically spaced convergent stops carried by the arms and forming grooves and extending inwardly therefrom along convergent axes which lie at forty-five degrees from the arms and between which is received a guide line lying in the grooves.

4. In a line or cord holder at standard adapted to be supported in a vertical position adjacent a corner of a building, a carriage mounted on said standard to move vertically thereon, means carried by the carriage for engaging the standard and holding said carriage at a selected height on said standard, spaced parallel elongated arms carried by the sleeve, a yoke carried by the arms adjacent the ends thereof remote from the sleeve, said yoke extending between the arms toward the sleeve and having guide line receiving slots extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof, vertically spaced convergent stops carried by the arms and forming grooves and extending inwardly therefrom along convergent axes which lie at forty-five degrees from the arms and between which is received a guide line lying in the grooves, and vertically spaced divergent stops carried by the arms and extending outwardly along divergent axes which lie perpendicular to the axes of the convergent stops and between which a, guide line lying in the slots is received after passing between the convergent stops.

KENNETH E. SCHNEIDER. GERALD W. SCHNEIDER.

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